Jail food's a killer for serial whinger Howard Woodin

Bosses have now cracked down on the number of complaint forms Mr Woodin can use

"The prison authorities have a job to provide nutritious meals, not five-star dining."

Robert Oxley, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance

Howard Woodin, who was jailed for life in 2004 for stabbing his ex-wife to death, is known as the biggest whinger in the prison system.

In his latest broadside, Woodin, 53, said that mealtimes in prison are “awful” and the sandwiches did not have butter on them and “hardly any filling”.

He said: “I’m disgusted by the continuous austerity measures being made against prisoners. Food portions have been cut by 50% and prisoners who can afford it are being forced to buy their own food from the canteen.

“The sandwiches supplied in place of ready meals have no butter on them and hardly any filling. The soup we get three days a week is nothing more than gruel.”

Robert Oxley of the Taxpayers’ Alliance said: “The prison authorities have a job to provide nutritious meals, not five-star dining.

Inmates unhappy about the lack of butter need to remember why they’re in there in the first place. It isn’t a holiday camp.”

Woodin has also complained about the Christmas trees at HMP Erlestoke, Wilts, where he is jailed.

He added: “To top it all off, over Christmas the prison supplied all eight wings with an eight-foot tall Christmas tree but there were no decorations so they were not used and just thrown out, still in their original wrappings.”

In his letter to lags’ mag Inside Time last week, Woodin added: “The money should have been spent on food.”

Woodin has whinged so much that prison bosses cracked down on his use of official complaints forms.

Other moans include being called by his surname, passive smoking, his prison number keeps changing and paying for postage.